---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Fire Prevention Code"
description: "Florida Fire Prevention Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "Florida HB 529 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["solid waste management", "fire prevention and control", "landlord and tenant"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-152"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-11-06"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c2b2cad-fe23-4379-9966-a1dc2feacb77"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00529/ByCategory"
source_hash: "88e36f4c149bbb3443d635f33e80043eba9454191502ab516d2f6abfd280137c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 529 (2018) — Florida Fire Prevention Code

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-152.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 529 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/529/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 529 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/529/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 529 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/529/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Careers & Competition Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-11-06** Filed `filing`
- **2017-11-15** Referred to Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Careers and Competition Subcommittee, 01/09/18, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Favorable by Careers and Competition Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2018-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 01/18/18, 10:30 am, Webster Hall
- **2018-01-18** CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
- **2018-01-22** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2018-01-22** CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time
- **2018-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-25** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/31/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-31** CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** In Messages
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Regulated Industries; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Received
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Regulated Industries; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 746
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-152

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c2b2cad-fe23-4379-9966-a1dc2feacb77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).